2010 PokerStars.net NAPT Mohegan Sun

2010 PokerStars.net NAPT Mohegan Sun Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info

2010 PokerStars.net NAPT Mohegan Sun

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
108
Prize
$750,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$4,700
Entries
716
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
20,000

Selbst Three-Barrels Beasley

Vanessa "fslexcduck" Selbst
Vanessa "fslexcduck" Selbst
Even out of position, Vanessa Selbst can be a dangerous player. Mike Beasley just got a glimpse of that first-hand.

Pre-flop, Selbst opened the betting with a raise to 160,000. Beasley had the button, giving him an opportunity to play a pot in position against Selbst. He was the only caller to a flop of {7-Clubs} {k-Diamonds} {7-Hearts}. Vanessa deliberated before betting 260,000. Beasley called very quickly, probably inside of ten seconds.

The turn was the {5-Clubs}. Selbst again made a very deliberate bet of 490,000. For a second time, Beasley called inside of ten seconds.

The river was a seeming blank, the {3-Spades}. Vanessa cut 13 orange (100K) chips off of her stack, added six blue (5K) chips and pushed them into the middle of the table, a bet of 1,330,000. This time Beasley was not so quick to call. He eyed Selbst and her stack, then asked how much she was playing behind. He tanked another minute or two before mucking his hand.

Tags: Mike BeasleyVanessa Selbst

Level: 27

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 5,000

The Smallest Possible Flopped Pot for Josephy

Action folded to Scott Seiver, who limped into the pot from the small blind. Cliff Josephy declined his option, taking the players to a flop of {4-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds}. Seiver checked. Josephy tried to bet 45,000 until he was informed that the minimum allowable bet was 50,000. Either way, it was enough to fold Seiver.

Raise, Re-Raise and Fold

Vanessa' fans.
Vanessa' fans.
Since the elimination of Jon Aguiar, the action has gone raise, re-raise, fold. Surprisingly only one of those pots was won by the highly aggressive Vanessa Selbst. It was the first pot she won at this final table and seemed surprised that her railbirds (about half a dozen strong, and armed with signs that read things like "I'm Gay for Vanessa") didn't applaud. She turned around and saw that they were being interviewed by NAPT hostess Amanda Leatherman.

Jonathan Aguiar Eliminated in 8th Place ($60,244)

Jonathan Aguiar - 8th Place
Jonathan Aguiar - 8th Place
Mike Beasley raised to 125,000 in the cutoff and Michael Woods popped it to 450,000 on the button. Jonathan Aguiar then moved all in from the small blind for 1.47 million. Al Melville gave up his big blind and Mike Beasley got out of the way as well.

Woods went into deep thought, intently staring at Aguiar trying to get a read. After a while in the tank, Woods made the call.

Aguiar: {A-Spades}{Q-Hearts}
Woods: {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}

The flop came down {8-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} and Woods maintained his lead. The turn card brought the {4-Clubs} and gave some additional outs to Aguiar. However, it was not meant to be for Aguiar as the {10-Hearts} hit the river and he was eliminated in eighth place.

Woods is up to nearly 4.5 million.

Tags: Jonathan AguiarMichael Woods

First Blood to Woods

Most of the world is watching Tiger Woods try to win the Masters today, but there's another Woods trying to take down a big tournament: Mike Woods. He was in the small blind for a hand in which Alistar Melville opened from under the gun to 150,000. Woods re-raised to 350,000, driving Jonathan Aguiar out of the hand. Melville quickly called.

Both players checked an all-paint flop, {Q-Diamonds} {K-Spades} {K-Diamonds}. Woods led out for 400,000 on the {2-Clubs} turn and induced a quick fold.

Tags: Alistar MelvilleMichael Woods